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Some Helpful Material (The Powerpoint Slides are below)
Well scripted video about the (Nazi) philosopher Heidegger's conception of being, and of signifying discourse. Remember that French existentialist and Marxist Jean Paul Sartre modified some of Heidegger's concepts, and that Girard's conception of being is different again - focusing as it does on relationship and the idea that what we really want to be is the other (person):Whorf-Sapir Paper that mentions the movie 'Arrival':
OF HOPIS AND HEPTAPODS: THE RETURN OF SAPIR--WHORF
What is the Blue Alien: A Girardian Metaphor for What is the Human?
Powerpoint Presentations
Below are the slides for my my cohort in 3rd year course What is the Human?